Improvement in ice-pitchers



E. Af. PARKER'.

Improvement in Ice-Pitchers.

Patented luly 9,1872.

UNITED STATES EDMIINI) A. PARKER, OF WEST MERIDEN', CONNECTICUT..

IMPROVEMENT IN ICE-PITCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,811, dated July 9, 1372.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND A. PARKER, oi West Meriden, in the'county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Ice-Pitcher 5 and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specication, and represents in Figure 1 a side view, and in Fig. 2 a vertical central section. l

This invention relates to an improvement in what are termed ice-pitchers-that is to say, pitchers which are constructed with an outer and inner wall, so as to leave a chamber between the two forthe purpose of affording protection for the ice within the pitcher. The object of this invention is the construction ofthe outer wall from a non-conducting material, wherebythe protection of the double walls is greatly increased; and it consists in forming the outer walls from papier-mache or other composition in which paper forms the principal ingredient.

A is the outer wall; B, the inner wall, so as to form a space, G, entirely around the inner y wall, as seen in Fig. 2, in substantially the usual manner for this class of pitchers. The outer wall A is formed from papier-mache or other composition in which paper forms the principal ingredient, the bottom and sides made in one piece and of any desired form, and is wrought into such form when in a plastic or similar iiuid state, and hardened by any suitable curing process. The inner wall B is arranged upon a neck, D, which sets over the upper edge of the outer wall, and to the inner wall the spout E is directly attached, as in Fig. 2, and the handle and cover ,applied in any convenient manner.

Paper, being one of the best-known non-conductors of heat, a'ords so much greater protection to the inner wall than metal, as heretofore used, that the water in the pitcher will maintain a much lower degree of temperature, thereby preserving the ice for a greater length of time. In the construction of the outer wall from this material a highly-ornamental articlev may be produced, as the surface is capable of ornamentation in colors or otherwise, and to any extent, which gives to the pitcher an eX tremely tasteful appearance. Another advantage of this material is that it will not dent, as will the white metal commonly used.

By the term paper in the claim I wish to be understood as meaning a composition which may be wrought into shape in which. paper constitutes the principal ingredient.

I claim as my invention- As an article of manufacture, a double-wall pitcher, in which the outer wall is formed from paper, substantially as herein described.

EDMUND A. PARKER. Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBrTs, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

